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The return of Spring and warmer weather often leads
people to rush outside at their first chance. Festivals,
concerts, and other outdoor gatherings begin popping
up. While this is certainly a beautiful time to celebrate,
it can still be chilly. As a performing musician Spring
heralds the beginning of the busy season and sometimes
hours of strumming and fiddling away while exposed to
the elements. These gloves are inspired by the many performances
I have spent wishing I had a little something for my
hands. They are thin enough to allow movement, but just
warm enough to help fend off that nip lingering in the
air.

Sourwood Mountain is a traditional old-time American
dance tune. Exact geographic origin is unknown, however,
it usually appears in collections of southern mountain
songs. Variations of this tune were collected by folklorists
dating to the early 1900s spanning across North Carolina,
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Missouri.

All three sizes of this glove may be
completed with two skeins of yarn. However, if you extend
the pattern, or wish to keep your gauge swatch, you will
need a third skein for the largest size. The leaf pattern
on the hand is worked across one needle for ease of keeping
your place. If you find that the purls at the beginning
and end this needle are showing ladders, try purling
through the back loops of these stitches to pull them
in.

Recommended needle size: 1
set of four US #5/3.75mm
double-point needles 1
set US #3/3.25mm straight
needles (or 2 sizes smaller
than needles used to obtain
gauge)
[always use a needle size
that gives you the gauge
listed below -- every knitter's
gauge is unique]

M1L (left-leaning increase): Insert left needle, from front
to back, under horizontal strand of yarn running between
last stitch on left needle and first stitch on right needle;
knit this stitch through back loop. 1 stitch increased.

M1R (right-leaning increase): Insert left needle, from
back to front, under horizontal strand of yarn running between
last stitch on left needle and first stitch on right needle;
knit this stitch through front loop. 1 stitch increased.

MB: [K1, yo, k1] in next st; 1 st increased to 3 sts. Turn
work. P3 tbl, turn work. K3, pass second and third sts on
right needle over first stitch; 3 sts decreased to 1 st.

Hand:
Turn the cuff so that the
RS is facing, with the BO edge at right and the CO
edge at left. Using double-point needles, working along
long upper edge and beginning with fourth[fourth, third]
row from BO edge, pick up and k 41[45, 49] sts. (Pick
up 4 sts for every 5 rows, and 1 st in corner of CO
edge.)

Divide sts between needles so that there are 13 sts
on first needle (Needle 1), and 14[16, 18] sts each on
second and third needles (Needles 2 and 3). Join to work
in the round.

Round 1: Work Round 1 of Right Hand Pattern over sts
on Needle 1; k20[24, 26], place marker, [p1, k1] four[four,
five] times.
This round sets pattern
for hand: sts on Needle 1 are worked in Right Hand Pattern,
last 8[8, 10] sts of round are worked in 1x1 Rib as set,
all other sts are worked in stockinette st.Rounds 2-3: Work in pattern
as set.Round 4: Work in pattern
to end of Needle 1; k8[8, 10], M1R, k to marker, M1L,
slip marker, work in pattern to end. 43[47, 51] sts.Round 5: Work in pattern
as set.Round 6: Work as for Round
4. 45[49, 53] sts.Round 7: Work in pattern
as set.Round 8: Work as for Round
4. 47[51, 55] sts.
Rounds 9-18: Work in pattern
as set.

Thumb Gusset:Next Round: Work in pattern
to end of Needle 1; k7, place marker, k1, M1R, M1L,
k1, place marker, work in pattern to end. 49[53, 57]
sts.Increase Round: Work in
pattern to first marker, k1, M1R, k to 1 st before second
marker, M1L, k1, continue in pattern to end of round.
2 sts increased.
Repeat Increase Round 5[6,
7] times more. 61[67, 73] sts. There are 16[18, 20] gusset
sts between first and second markers.

Next Round: Work in pattern to first marker; remove
marker, BO 16[18, 20] sts, removing second marker; continue
in pattern to end. 45[49, 53] sts.Next Round: Work in pattern
to bound-off sts, pick up and k 1 st in first bound-off
st and 1 st in last bound-off st, continue in pattern
to end. 47[51, 55] sts.
Continue in pattern as
set until Round 36 of Right Hand Pattern is complete.

Hand:
Turn the cuff so that the
RS is facing, with the CO edge at right and the BO
edge at left. Using double-point needles, working along
long upper edge and beginning at CO edge, pick up and
k 41[45, 49] sts. (Pick up 4 sts for every 5 rows,
picking up last st in fourth[fourth, third] row from
BO edge.)

Divide sts between needles so that there are 14[16,
18] sts each on first and second needles (Needles 1 and
2), and 13 sts on third needle (Needle 3). Join to work
in the round.

Round 1: [K1, p1] four[four, five] times, place marker,
k12[16, 16], place marker, k8[8, 10]; work Round 1 of
Left Hand Pattern over sts on Needle 3.
This round sets pattern
for hand: first 8[8, 10] sts are worked in 1x1 Rib as
set, sts on Needle 3 are worked in Left Hand Pattern,
all other sts are worked in stockinette st.Rounds 2-3: Work in pattern
as set.Round 4: Work in pattern
to first marker, slip marker, M1L, k to marker, M1R,
slip marker, work in pattern to end.Round 5: Work in pattern
as set.Round 6: Work as for Round
4. 45[49, 53] sts.Round 7: Work in pattern
as set.Round 8: Work as for Round
4. 47[51, 55] sts.Rounds 9-18: Work in pattern
as set, removing second marker.

Thumb Gusset:Next Round: Work in pattern
to first marker, k17[21, 23], place marker, k1, M1R,
M1L, k1, place marker, work in pattern to end. 49[53,
57] sts.
Increase Round: Work in
pattern to second marker, k1, M1R, k to 1 st before third
marker, M1L, k1, continue in pattern to end of round.
2 sts increased.
Repeat Increase Round 5[6,
7] times more. 61[67, 73] sts. There are 16[18, 20] gusset
sts between first and second markers.

Next Round: Work in pattern to second marker; remove
marker, BO 16[18, 20] sts, removing third marker; continue
in pattern to end. 45[49, 53] sts.Next Round: Work in pattern
to bound-off sts, pick up and k 1 st in first bound-off
st and 1 st in last bound-off st, continue in pattern
to end. 47[51, 55] sts.
Continue in pattern as
set until Round 36 of Left Hand Pattern is complete.

Button Loops:
Button loops are worked along BO end of each cuff.
Use sl st to join yarn in first st, [ch 3, skip next st, sc in following
7 sts] twice, ch 3, skip next st, sl st in last st. Fasten off, sew in
end securely.

Erica Jackofsky is an artist
in the true sense of the word.
Born and raised on eastern
Long Island, she has been performing
(playing fiddle, flatfoot dancing,
and singing) and traveling around the country with her family
band, The Homegrown String Band, since 1997. It was during these
travels that Erica discovered the joy of knitting and crocheting.
Before long Erica established FiddleKnits and
began to focus her energies
on designing and creating original
works of fiber art inspired
by traditional American music.